St. Mary Parish

Shall Wards One, Two, Three, Four, Seven and Ten Sales Tax District of St. Mary Parish, State of Louisiana, under the authority conferred by La.R.S. 33:2738.61 be authorized to continue to levy a tax of three-tenths percent (3/10%) upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and the storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and on the sales of services within the District, in the manner provided by state law, with the proceeds of said tax (the estimated amount reasonably expected to be collected for one entire year being $600,000) to be allocated and distributed monthly between Franklin and Baldwin and the Parish on a par capita basis as previously followed since the year 1983; and shall the proceeds continue to be dedicated and used by said political subdivisions for the following purposes: 1. Franklin: for the purpose of operating and maintaining the municipal police, fire and volunteer fire departments, including paying or supplementing the salaries of municipal employees of such departments; and constructing, acquiring and maintaining any capital improvement for such purposes; 2. Baldwin: for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, extending, improving and maintaining any public works or capital improvements; and 3. Parish: for the purpose of acquiring and maintaining lights on streets, roads, highways, alleys and public places; and constructing, acquiring, extending, improving and maintaining any public works or capital improvements; and further, shall the proceeds of the Tax be subject to funding into bonds by the political subdivisions receiving proceeds to the extent and in the manner provided by state law, subject to the limitations set forth in the 1983 proposition approved by the voters?